Some of the biggest name names in Japanese games development have gone on the record about how 3DS is a “perfect example,” according to Capcom’s Keiji Inafune, of the “three things videogames need to be successful.”

Yakuza 3 dev lead Toshihiro Nagoshi’s confirmed on this blog that PS3-exclusive Yakuza 3 has sold over 300,000 units in its first week. Famitsu estimates are putting day one sales at 232,000, according to this Jeuxactu piece. The Sega game will only be released in Japan.

In the latest copy of Famitsu, Hideo Kojima has revealed in a developer chat with Yakuza’s Toshihiro Nagoshi, that he thinks 2009 is a very important year for him, and he hopes to at least have one new game out before it ends. According to the IGN piece, Kojima also appears to be working on […]